Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-30
HAIR OIL AND HAIR DYE.


Few Men Csc Them Noundnys-GrnY
Hair Rather FashionnbIe.
Every few men want oil on their hair
nowadays" said barber to reporter.
A Iew years ago the man who didn't use
hair Oh was the exception; now the man
who does use 1t Is the exception. OF
course we are glad Of the change In taste,
for Il Is money In our pockets. Five years
ago ] had to have q fresh supply of oil
twice week; now the same quantity Will
last me month. =
How about dyeing the hair and
beardsi the reporter asked.
There has been greater falling on III
the use Of dye than III the use Of hair 81. y
the barber continued. "A few years aco
there was large class Of gay old fellows
who dyed their hair and Whiskers almost
IS regularly as they shaved. Most 81
these men were more or less inclined =
be sports or beaus, and always wanted -
look as young e. possible. Others, how
ever, were respectable and steady going
citizens and business men, who gave III 70
their vanity enough 10 want 10 keep look
ing young. There was 3 large class of
out and out gamblers and sharpers, who
seemed to have an idea Il was out Of keep
ing with their profession to have anything
but Jet black whiskers and mustaches.
So that nearly all gamblers or Sports
who had red or snndy hair on their face,
or on their head, for that matter, used to
have It dyed regularly a. black as they
could set II a few Of these are stiil
around town. It's easy enough to tell
them, because their eyebrows don't match
the rest Of the hair on their face. y
$50 you don't have much use for hair
dye noWadayss'' the reporter Intercepted.
TO keep up the how Of tonsorial reminis-
cences and reflections, which, contrary to
the traditions Of the craft, seemed to show
signs Of drying up.
NO, indeed. When & man comes
along now and asks to have his mustache
or hair dyed, be usually catches us unpre-
pared, and il we have any dye on hand at
all il generally takes good while to hunt
il up and get the. bottle busted OF.
think we have only one regular customer
In that line now, and he isn't an old man,
either. He is q young fellow, whose hair
is black, or nearly black, while his eye
brows and beard arc sandy. He has his
whiskers and eyebrows dyed to match his
hair, regularly twice 3 month.
But young men don't seem to care
nowadays II their hair and beard are gray.
N fact, they seem to be rather proud Of
!. When they really begin to grow old
hat r., when they get within few laps
Of 5O-they get sensitive about 1t, how
ever, and il they are not bald frequently
inquire as to the means for preventing
the hair from turning gray, etc.
"Oh, yes, great many men use COS
metic on their mustaches," the barber
continued, IN response to suggestion.
I'm fact, there are very few who don't
nse II. Some time ago most men wouldn't
let barber put any powder on their faces
after shaving Now nearly all ask for it.
It's laughable how particular some men
are about their hair No matter how
much care the barber takes about comb
ing and brushing It they arc never salts
fed, but always insist on taking the
comb and brush themselves and arrang-
ing It just so, with every hair lying Ia
certain position. - Washington Star.